Hacker News: pandemic_region

New comment by pandemic_region in "Officials Claim Drone Incursion Led to Shutdown of El Paso Airport"

pandemic_region — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:43:44 +0000

Honest question: do you mean it was stolen or it fell out of the plane by accident or something like that?

New comment by pandemic_region in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

pandemic_region — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:20:07 +0000

I've been insta-skipping tennis video's for months now. Still getting Federer on a daily basis.

New comment by pandemic_region in "Top downloaded skill in ClawHub contains malware"

pandemic_region — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:55:55 +0000

I am seeing it more and more here as well to be honest.

New comment by pandemic_region in "Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says"

pandemic_region — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:32:49 +0000

Has there ever been a society that cares less about its future than the current?

New comment by pandemic_region in "Waymo seeking about $16B near $110B valuation"

pandemic_region — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:50:52 +0000

"Please watch these ads before we start the ride. Any attempt to not look at the ads by looking away from the screen or closing your eyes will automatically cancel the ride."

New comment by pandemic_region in "Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors"

pandemic_region — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:37:42 +0000

You'll enjoy the ads more?

New comment by pandemic_region in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

pandemic_region — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:32:23 +0000

I checked the reputable newspaper in my country. The only mention of it was on 23/1 where they reported 5000 casualties. EU is going to put together a range of (economic?) sanctions against the regime. US "armada" (quoted from the article) is underway.

It was probably the headline article for a couple of hours on the site. I don't remember extended coverage either so I looked it up.

New comment by pandemic_region in "Video Games as Art"

pandemic_region — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:42:50 +0000

Why is gwern.net on the front page twice, is this coincidence?

New comment by pandemic_region in "GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers"

pandemic_region — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:34:34 +0000

Instead of publishing their papers in the prestigious zines - which is what they're after - we will publish them in "AI Slop Weekly" with name and picture. Up the submission risk a bit.

New comment by pandemic_region in "GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers"

pandemic_region — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:32:32 +0000

What if they would only accept handwritten papers? Basically the current system is beyond repair, so may as well go back to receiving 20 decent papers instead of 20k hallucinated ones.

New comment by pandemic_region in "A Year of 3D Printing"

pandemic_region — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:57:21 +0000

The A1 has a relatively small printing plate. How does it work for boxes that are larger ? You print them in pieces and click / glue them together ?

New comment by pandemic_region in "TrustTunnel: AdGuard VPN protocol goes open-source"

pandemic_region — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:45:57 +0000

> https://adfilteringdevsummit.com/

Google sponsoring this summit is peak irony.

New comment by pandemic_region in "SpaceX lowering orbits of 4,400 Starlink satellites for safety's sake"

pandemic_region — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:08:09 +0000

So, for this they have a bit of expendable extra mass on board? What material is it, would it not cause even more debris then?

New comment by pandemic_region in "UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s"

pandemic_region — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:23:23 +0000

Do we consult toddlers for their opinion about food?

New comment by pandemic_region in "UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s"

pandemic_region — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:20:18 +0000

"Sales-acceleration platform", great naming I'm going to use this!

New comment by pandemic_region in "UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s"

pandemic_region — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:17:46 +0000

Social media are detrimental for a young human being under development. A child's brain works in no way the same as our adult brains, so we cannot apply the same caring logic as you would with adults. I see this in the same category as cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.

Until you are old enough and we can assume (or hope) there is mental capacity to properly contextualize life choices and being able take a stance for / against these things, a ban is appropriate.

New comment by pandemic_region in "European Commission issues call for evidence on open source"

pandemic_region — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:28:36 +0000

What kind of business would you like to run that it needs to be established today and cannot wait a few weeks? There are many repercussions, social security and tax wise. Do you expect a government to keep up with a free-for-all form that creates companies ?

New comment by pandemic_region in "European Commission issues call for evidence on open source"

pandemic_region — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:22:27 +0000

In the same way Poetin accelerated the move from his own fossil fuels to renewable energy, Trump is accelerating the move to non-US based technology. At least in my surroundings, "non-US based company" is a big plus in the purchasing process.

New comment by pandemic_region in "The Napoleon Technique: Postponing things to increase productivity"

pandemic_region — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:08:38 +0000

Cum Shite seems appropriate.

New comment by pandemic_region in "Chase to become new issuer of Apple Card"

pandemic_region — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 06:53:43 +0000

That looks like a a crazy amount of cards. I carry exactly one debet card in my wallet (.eu) and use it for everything.